Break Glass In Emergency.

BSparl and I made our first trip out today into Boston proper, so I'm wicked late on writing my post for DBlog Week. (I apologize for my tardy, bloggy arse.) But when I was thinking about this topic last night while I waited for the baby to decide yes, she'd like to go back to bed after her 4 am feeding, thank you very much, I knew I couldn't wax on about the old school low blood sugar treatments I used back in the day.

Like the white, BD glucose tabs that tasted like the Lick n' Dip sticks and came in foil-wrapped packs of three. Or the packets of honey they'd dole out at Clara Barton Camp. Or the bottles of grape juice that hide out in my fridge at this very moment. Or the many flavors of glucose tabs that, despite their color or packaging, still tasted like the same flavor: chalk.

Because when I'm low, I don't want the recommended fifteen grams of carbs. I don't want to wait patiently for my blood sugar to rise. I want to grab the hammer and break the glass, as suggested in times of emergency, and house a whole bag of Reese's Pieces.

Comments

Too funny, Kerri. Guess what I have in my bedside drawer right now? It's not my first line of attack (I use Swedish Fish for that, or...baby formula :) But once my bg's on the way up and I have that whole-body ache for real food? It's ET candy...

And now I want Reese Pieces. Crap.
Ooooh or Trader Joe's chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets. I have no idea what they'd do to blood sugar, but these little magic pillows of deliciousness could solve pretty much anything...

Ok, after reading all these yummy blood sugar raising options, I really need reese's pieces (although i do agree that peanut butter m&ms are better), a snickers bar, some lemon icing (which by the way sounds really yummy), and some nutella. Great, now I'm starving. :)

Welchs fruit snacks for me. I buy the 55 gal. drum from Costco - they come in neat packages with 19 gm.carb.They don't melt or freeze and for the bonus round they are never heavy in my purse.
They are in my nightstand, purse, office, kitchen and car. My husband hides others in my car.
I could never stop myself from eating the whole can of frosting or jar of nutella :-)

For me... it's 'Five Alive'. Just sniffing the cap makes my sugar go up, Up and away!! if I'm home... it's the old 'sugar in the orange juice' routine that makes my diabetes nurse CRINGE! I also carry the BIG bottle of Dex with me all the time. (forget those puny little tubes they sell!) I find chocolate takes too long. :(